Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-02-10

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emy IN an Eastern town. TO which in
formation Judge Bower had shook his
head and closed his lips very tight,
/ opening them with the remark: THAT
he didn't believe It would work. I"
Thereafter tho old attorney seemed
less alert and less talkatiye through tho
summer, and in tho fall John Earling
| gathered again from their habit of con-
vcrsing while he worked, that Maun
had come homo, without consulting
the pleasure OF any one beyond her
self, and refused TO return. The old
lawyer had laughed with the recital,
and his partner had said, with fa-
miliar drawl; "Wcll, It seems to me,
Woodman, that you will either have TO
give her no rein nt all or put tho
limos entirely into her hands. You're
too soft on one side and too hard on
the other; YOU pen her up, TO be sure,
but she runs things inside the pen.
You better make a party and bring
her out and let her feel that she is a
woman
But the old lawyer shook his head
and was silent. Deep in his heart
there lay a jealous dread of the inevi-
table day when this one and Only being
that he loved should take her heart In
great part from him aud yield IL to an
other lie often felt with he impctuous
kisses on his lips, and other childlikc
exhibitions of wild kind of fondncss,
that he never could bear IT, So he de-
laycd acting upon the judges sugges-
ton, and time ran ON with Maun
studying ut home under the tutelage Of
| hnf fuf Ntst stt1 a luIts ff..ttt NI.t Eu.N
Once or twice thereafter John Earl
ing saw her cantering her white pony
over the swelling slopes, and for days
the pretty picture fingered in his mind.
As the autumn fell away into the
winter after the coming home OF Maun
the old lawyer seemed fresher hearted
and resumed his curious conversations
with John Earling. Upon one of these
occasions when in the midst of an in
| tricatc demonstration with his eyes
fixed intcntly upon his eager auditor,
something in the matter under dissec-
| ton seemed suddenly 30 suggest pre-
viously considered question, for he
stopped short and said;
"What was the reason you wasn't
satisfied in Joers storep"
"Why. sir" replied the young man,
with some surprise, you may remem-
bcr when l came TO you | intimatcd
that things were not pleasant 10 me at
Mr.. Wlritney's; besides, | wished TO
enter the law. you Know
"Wes it for the reason that things
did not go as honestly as you liked at
Whitney's?
Frankly. sir, that was the case"
atIln ff fnIInNu fIan luNNs
honestly?'
Il do. in the finest sense of the
term
The old attorney spit in a slow,
doubtful way, and perhaps the first
time in his life, lcat bis pencil on the
table by which he was sitting for
moment, looked at the youth much as
if he doubted his sanity or was sadly
disappointed in his shrewdness, and
said: "Snum me! if / ever heard of
such a thing!'
"Why, sir" sad John Earling, with
n smile, II was not aware that such a
statement contained any thing surpris-
ing. Isn't it possible?'
"Why. no. boy, thunder and light
min, mol Why, we're all set of ras-
calls, didn't you know it?' The old
man struck the table in the earnestness
of his accusation.
80 no, no." said John Earring.
quickly, IL beg your pardon, but your
estimate must certainly be defective.
There is no nobler occupation than the
law, as l conceive it. Think Of the
lineness of it; it gives justice, rights
wrong. protects the innocent, shields
. II.
the silent atmosphere, here and there
polluted, but nevertheless, sweet, be-
neiiccnt, and not to be lived without
1t can not be that men are not or can
not be rs honest in the conveyance OF
this supreme principle as the handler
OF coarscr, commoner things"
The old man crossed his arms on the
table before him, leaned forward over
them, SHOOK his head compassionately
and groancd. 'Why. boy he broke
out, don't you know that the whole
system is TO defeat and lam each other
about with?'
John Earling smiled, but said, in his
open, fearless way: THAT is not my con-
ceptiOn of it. 1t may be used more
commonly than / am aware of as a
hurtful weapon, but that is not its le-
gitimate purpose. IL appeals TO me as
a thing not so much to beat and break
with rs TO help and heal. Its province
may often be- To restrain, but that need
not make it cruel; il may convey a
meritod punishment, but tits something
else than law when made n savage in
strument Of torture. In its whole
scope. aim and intent / can see no
germinal reason why the man who
handles it should not be honest, and,
indeed, the more upright from contact
with it, ="
The old attorney looked at him side
wise from where he sat. young
man." he said, under your doctrine
of the law where do you think you will
come Outp'
John Earling smiled again. II OK
pect TO come out an honest man. ]
have heard it intimated that no out
come is Of finer kind than that"
"HOu don't go in TO win thenP'
"Ies, sir, when ia the line Of Jus
tice; otherwise would not care to.h
Suppose a man comes 10 YOU who
is guilty and offers you money to de-
fcnd him, what would you do in such
a cascP'
III satisfied that he was guilty |
would not under any circumstances
touch his money or his case"
The old man sighed. "Well, then,
suppose the man caused you 10 believe
him innocent, and when the evidence
WAS given in court you should become
convinced that he was guilty. | sup
pose you would simply help the other
fellows get ycrdictF'
A" / should certainly not make an APP
peal before the jury in the guilty per-
sons defense. Why, sir. and John
Earling got up and walked about in
his sad, passionate way. lit should not